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ORDINANCE NO. <br />1NTERIP•; ORDINANCE FOR TIIE PURPOSE OF <br />PROTECTING L[,,K15 MI1'INI,TotJf(A, TIIE PLANNING <br />PROCESS, AND TIIE HEALTH, SAFETY AND <br />WELFA'tE OF THE PUBLIC, AND RESTRICTING THE <br />LICENANG, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE <br />OF N-W COMMERCIAL AND MULTIPLE DOCKS AND <br />NEW DOCKS MAKING COMMON USE OF ADJACENT <br />PUCK USE AR►:AS <br />The Board of Directors of the Lake Minnetonka Conservation Di,-,tr:ct <br />ordains: <br />Section I. Background. <br />1.01. The District is currently undertaking a study for the purpose of <br />establishing a comprehensive Management Plan for Lake Minnetonka <br />(the Plan). <br />1.02. A part of the Plan deals with the subject of lake access including <br />public access And boat storage on the lake, the increase of boat use <br />on the lake which results from such access and storage, and the <br />implications of such increased boat use for recreation, safety, and <br />the environment. <br />1.03. At periods of peak usng^ the lake is at or exceeding its reasonable <br />carrying capacity for boat usage. Increased access or increased boat <br />storage in the lake will result in a Nigher level and intensity of boat <br />usage. <br />1.04. 'hie lnice is suhjcct to continuing pressure from increased <br />developrr.ent, which pressure is expected to continue. <br />1.05. Approximately 8,000 boats are currently stored on Lake Minnetonka. <br />Access by trailering with rensontihly accessible parking for cars and <br />trailers is available for approximately boats. <br />1.06. It is anticipated that public access for trailered boats will continue to <br />increase. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has <br />indicated that access with dedicated parking for an additional 350 <br />boats will eventually be made available. <br />1.07. <br />The most restrictive density limitntion currently contained in ,he <br />LMC'D Code is one boat per fifty feet of shoreline. On a lakewide <br />basis this standard would allow storage of approx.matel, 13,500 <br />boats, more than 5,000 in excess of the numbrr currently stored on <br />the lake. However, other density lirnitntions, such as those <br />Applicable, to residential sites and commercial docks with speciAi <br />density license.39 are eonsidernhly less restrictive, allowing the <br />potential for boat story[Ye tit a significantly higher density <br />